By autumn however, Beethoven felt so low both physically and mentally that he feared he would not survive the winter. He therefore wrote his will and left instructions that it was to be opened only after his death. This document is called the Heiligenstadt Testament.It is clear to me that Beethoven drew upon his senses in his creation of his ninth symphony. This piece was the culmination of the rush of emotions he felt in observing nature. This, he felt, brought him close to divinity.

Toward tone-painting, programme music, or avowed musical narration were noticeable in Italian, German and French music as early as the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. However, primitive the pictorial and poetic music of the two or three generations before Bach may have been, in respect of their means and possibilities of expression, we can see in it the same instincts and pretensions as in the most modern and most subtilised programme music of a Liszt or a Strauss.” (Schweitzer, 2008,

The first solo commences from 1:32. Dizzy Gillespie plays the first solo that sets the expectations from this musical piece. Once Dizzy starts playing the timbre, texture and original tonal quality of the trumpet can be identified. He starts playing from the higher octave. The notes played by Dizzy are clear, bold and distinct from one another. His style represents clarity and confidence. He does well in varying the amplitude and therefore the emphasis on certain notes by controlling the air

This piece is one example of a hard bop due to the intensive drums of Art Blakey as well as the blues created by the other instruments. The music started with a slow playing of introduction of Bobby Timmons’ piano followed by Morgan’s trumpet and Golson’s saxophone. The flow of the music was from single and slow instrument to playing of all the instruments composed by drums, piano, bass, trumpet and saxophone.The piano served as the introduction to the music and remained as background

Gus Johnson and Ray Brown do not have solo parts, but without them the whole piece would not be such a hit.The solo that I liked best from ‘Blues After Dark’ is the saxophone bit played by Sonny Stitt and thus I have selected the same. In the beginning the saxophone starts with the trumpet as well as the other instruments. The tenor sax plays low sweet notes, the trumpet overshadows the sax in the beginning. When Stitt goes solo, the real music from the saxophone is clearly heard. The notes

Lee Morgan’s soloist kicks in when the video reaches at 0:35 and it is shown how gracefully his fingers move. The effort taken to play the notes so precisely is seen on his face, and his profound talent oozing out of his trumpet in the form of deft notes is heaven to the ears.The trumpet being a soprano instrument plays the role of the main vocalist and its “pitch and tone are clean and spot on” (Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Live in ‘1958, 2006). The next cue is taken by Benny

The song’s style is soft jazz and the piano sets the mood for smooth transitions of the bass guitar and the piano. Lee Morgan is the first soloist, his pitch and tone is spot on for twenty-year old musician. Benny Golson’s who is the second soloist starts with his famous long lines and quickly progresses with short quicker ones. He appears forceful, but rich in content. Bobby Timmons who is the final soloist appears more boppish than usual, but his skill on the keys is exceptionally good in

The title ‘Just By Myself.’ was arrived at after Golson experienced a feeling of complete loneliness and desolation after playing the first eight bars.The band members are looking sharp with black suits. The five-minute performance starts right on the melody by a powerful drumming by the band’s leader and drummer Arthur Blakey who is rested sitting behind a Gretsch sparkle set. The song’s style is soft jazz and the piano sets the mood for smooth transitions of the bass guitar and the

It is amazing because the songs were mainly casual and refined, yet infused with an attractive and catching swing. It is also clear that Gilberto sang the lyrics with a personal touch, warm, and whispering tone that made the melodies flow calmly. On his part, Jobim reinforced the amazing melodies with uniform harmonies, which can only compare to the pulses found in today’s classical jazz music. In essence, bossa nova recurring and harmonic productivity was created articulately in a

However, there are two notable influences on Leonard Bernstein’s music career, both in conducting and composing, which gave him a lifeline of success in both these two musical aspects. First, it is the influence of the music conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos, who never taught Bernstein any music lessons, but his music power and charisma influenced Bernstein’s decision to take up music conducting as a career, most especially regarding his interests to conduct from the keyboard and conducting

His music was syncopated and complex; it contained numerous upbeats and changes in rhythm. When is more important, it had enough space for solos and improvisations which allowed to reveal Armstrong’s trumpet technique and make the melody more artistic. In order to foreground his solos, he used call response technique and comping (Monson 44). Call response was represented by the dialogue between different musical instruments in the ensemble. Comping allowed Armstrong performing his solos while

Her videos always have a deep meaning which is not noticeable from the lyrics of the song. She always adds a deeper meaning to the lyrics through her videos and her videos provide great insight into the reality and cruelty of the world. In the video of Telephone also she has succeeded in providing a deep meaning which can’t be understood by the masses because they are meant to be understood by the elites only (Marshall 148).Akerlund is the man behind the video of Telephone. The 44-year-old

Some tango songs were also associated with elements of tragedy. Most of the Tango songs are centered on broken love, grief, desire and zeal for life, and the sadness of moving to a new country. The genre quickly spread to other countries in Europe where it became an instant hit.Julio Maria Sosa Venturi was a Uruguayan vocalist and songwriter who was born on 2 February 1926 in Las Pedrais, Uruguay. Las Pedrais is a Conelone Department Suburb in the Uruguayan city of Montevideo (Elmo 4). Julio

This supports the slowness of the song because of the uniformity brought about by the rhythm. For the harmony, the tones drop one at a time leading to creation of counter melody with no definite chord as can be depicted in the refrain. In this case, the counter melody helps in depicting the second voice as can be heard from the song. This also creates the form for the song whereby there is creation of tonal inversion at the refrain verse. The second voice takes the “zig” while the first

Even as an actor who has since been identified with it so that her career blossomed to heights as she continued to share it through the passing ages, tingling the child in every listener. My own childhood was over half a century far from the time “Over the Rainbow” was born yet something about the trait of the song feels I am home with the lyrics and makes me understand it all throughout that I can sing the piece to the utmost tune I suppose the composers originally intended it to be.

Despite all the challenges that Musical bands are faced with in each passing day, Los Lobos have managed to overcome all these challenges by recording over 20 albums in approximately 3 decades and making sure to reach their fans with total satisfaction. However, their ride in the music industry was not as smooth as any other person would think. The sale of their music videos was a bit lower in the beginning and therefore had to explore different sounds from the ones done earlier; through the

The other thing which highlights Armstrong on the background of other jazz performers is his grandstanding aimed to be appreciated by everyone from the audience; and it must be said he manages to become the favorite among the black as well as the white public.This means that the ease with which he wins the white public can be explained by the fact that from Louis’s childhood he grows up and serves to white people, and that helps him to learn how to find the right approach in dealing with them

The events management team conducted a research survey, with the aim of identifying the entertainment market needs. The survey provided adequate information, which was successfully utilized during the event and artist management. The urban music genre was found to be very attractive to the mostly youthful population in London. Eight acts expressed interest to perform during the “Fresh out of Urban” event. However, only six managed to perform. The music acts that performed are; Pedro,